Jenean Halsey, LPN, CTC Coordinator and AHA Instructor at Elkhart General Hospital, shares how the pandemic has affected her life. "I'm an LPN with 26 years’ experience. I have worked 24 of those years at Elkhart General Hospital. I started my time at EGH on the...
Learn how Beacon has planned for the surge of COVID-19 patients based on predictive modeling. More at: https://coronavirus.beaconhealthsystem.org/...
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[caption id="attachment_40236" align="alignright" width="404"] “I basically put my life in his hands, and I was OK with that,” Don "Mike" Morgan said of Dr. Walter Halloran.[/caption] Don “Mike” Morgan could have met Dr. Walter Halloran almost 25 years ago. Mike was diagnosed with an insufficient aortic valve...
Our very own Charles Coleman, a mental health technician at Epworth Hospital in South Bend, is scheduled to appear at 8 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, March 11) on the popular NBC television series “Chicago Fire,” Episode 17. We caught up with Charles to find out the...
Memorial Regional Breast Center and Memorial Lighthouse Medical Imaging Designated as ACR Breast Imaging Centers of Excellence Beacon Health System’s Memorial Regional Breast Center in South Bend and Memorial Lighthouse Medical Imaging in Mishawaka have been designated as Breast Imaging Centers of Excellence by the...
Effective immediately, Beacon Health System has temporarily changed its visitor guidelines for patients receiving care at any of Beacon’s four area hospitals. To ensure the safest possible environment for all patients and visitors, Beacon asks that patients have only one or two healthy visitors over the...
As the region’s largest health care provider, Beacon Health System is prepared for the arrival of patients who may test positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). There are currently no confirmed cases of Coronavirus at Beacon. But health officials believe it is a matter of time before a patient...
A handful of Beacon associates are super excited about their birthdays Saturday. As they should be. Their birthdays only appear on the calendar every four years. We caught up with Judy Cassity, Alexis Selvesyuk and Doug Cripe -- who are among Beacon's lucky "Leapers" -- to find...
Between the two of them, Ann and Dan Wierzbicki have logged 4,041 volunteer hours at Elkhart General Hospital. That’s more than 168 days, or almost half a year, if they volunteered around-the-clock, seven days a week. The word “dedicated” doesn’t do this power couple justice, considering...
